It is argued that whenever the political situation provides a favourable environment, the archaeological activities have been encouraged to provoke nationalism, and historians in various capacities have used archaeological data and historical records to advocate nationalist agendas.  Owing to its rich archaeological and historical past and its contemporary socio-cultural diversity, Iran is, par...

The article is an expanded version of a paper that the Author had presented at symposium on Sardis in Hellenistic period 2017. Thanks to this re-working original (and already published) paper, can trace extremely rich portrait Gordion within and between Achaemenid periods, summarizing published unpublished archaeological, historical environmental evidence interconnected social, economic, religi...

The Authors offer a synthesis of the layers at Tell Halaf attributed to period between 6th-4th centuries and, thus, Achaemenid culture. This attribution is based on their stratigraphical position as well presence specific elements material culture usually connected Achaemenids in residential spaces and burials. article discusses results most recent excavations site (campaigns 2006-2010). try fi...

The article, published in the first number of new series East & West journal edited by ISMEO, analyses all archaeological and historical data available to date for Dashtestan county from Achaemenid period, order demonstrate presence settlement Tamukkan (Taoce, Ta?(u)makka) this area propose it an urban model similar that recently hypothesized settlements Persepolis Pasargadae. author examines e...